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Five Binational Couples File Lawsuit Challenging DOMA in Federal District Court in New York: Will Obama Administration Finally Implement Abeyance Policy?

Five Binational Couples File Lawsuit Challenging DOMA in Federal District Court in New York: Will Obama Administration Finally Implement Abeyance Policy?

April 2nd, 2012

  DOMA CHALLENGE BY FIVE BINATIONAL COUPLES FILED IN FEDERAL COURT IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SHOULD IMMEDIATELY PUT A HOLD ON ALL “DOMA” GREEN CARD CASES UNTIL CASE IS DECIDED Obama DOJ Likely to Again Enter This Litigation on Behalf of Plaintiffs and Argue that DOMA is Unconstitutional  Will the Administration Finally Agree to Hold All “DOMA” Green Card...

Showdown with DOMA: Mark & Fred Meet With USCIS and Fight for Their Family at Green Card Interview in Philadelphia

Showdown with DOMA: Mark & Fred Meet With USCIS and Fight for Their Family at Green Card Interview in Philadelphia

January 10th, 2012

After 22 Years Together, Married Gay Couple With Four Adopted Children Fights For Their Marriage And Their Family In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Mark Himes & Frédéric Deloizy Are on the Front Lines of The Fight Against DOMA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Inquiries to attorney, Lavi Soloway , Masliah & Soloway, PC Founder, Stop The Deportations – The DOMA Project Phone 323-599-6915 Lavi.Soloway@Masliah-Soloway.com or Derek.Tripp@StopTheDeportations.com January 10, 2012 – NEW YORK, NEW...

Gay Binational Couple Challenges the Obama Administration: End DOMA Exile, Let us Come Home for the Holidays

Gay Binational Couple Challenges the Obama Administration: End DOMA Exile, Let us Come Home for the Holidays

December 19th, 2011

VIDEO: Gay Couple Challenges Hillary Clinton’s Pledge to Protect Human Rights of LGBT Persons Around the Globe LGBT Organizations Call on Secretary Napolitano to Bring Exiled Lesbian and Gay Couples Home Thousands of Binational Lesbian and Gay Couples Remain Exiled or Separated Due to DOMA NEW YORK, NY -- This holiday season, while millions of families across the country come together to celebrate, some Americans will...

Victory for Monica & Cristina! Government Closes Deportation Case Against Married Lesbian Couple in New York

Victory for Monica & Cristina! Government Closes Deportation Case Against Married Lesbian Couple in New York

December 6th, 2011

Immigration & Customs Enforcement Closes Deportation Case Against Argentinean Lesbian, Monica Alcota, Based on Ties to Community Including Marriage to her Spouse, Cristina Ojeda First Case of a Married Gay Couple Closed Since New DHS’ November 17 Announcement That “Working Group” Would Begin to Implement Prosecutorial Guidelines Nationwide For the first time since the Department of Homeland Security’s  (DHS) November 17 announcement...

Victory for Doug and Alex! Government Drops Deportation Proceedings Against Married Gay California Couple

Victory for Doug and Alex! Government Drops Deportation Proceedings Against Married Gay California Couple

August 20th, 2011

San Francisco Immigration Judge Grants Government Motion to Close Deportation Case Against Alex Benshimol We learned today that deportation proceedings that threatened to tear apart Alex Benshimol and Douglas Gentry, a married gay binational couple in California, have been dropped by the government. This marks the second time in which Immigration and Customs Enforcement has agreed to close a deportation case...

Stop The Deportations Teams Up With Lambda Legal: Fighting DOMA at the Board of Immigration Appeals

Stop The Deportations Teams Up With Lambda Legal: Fighting DOMA at the Board of Immigration Appeals

July 15th, 2011

Lambda Legal Files Amicus Brief To Urge Immigration Officials to Stop DOMA Deportation of Monica Alcota, and All Same-Sex Binational Couples Cristina Ojeda and Monica Alcota On July 11, Lambda Legal Defense joined the fight to stop the government from tearing apart Cristina Ojeda and Monica Alcota, a married, binational lesbian couple in Queens, New York. The nation's oldest and most respected...

HISTORIC VICTORY: Immigration & Customs Enforcement Closes Deportation Proceedings Against Henry Velandia

HISTORIC VICTORY: Immigration & Customs Enforcement Closes Deportation Proceedings Against Henry Velandia

June 29th, 2011

Josh and Henry have led the fight to stop the deportations of spouses of lesbian and gay American citizens Read our press release here. Link to this article here. (Photo: Jonathan Ystad) ...

PRESS RELEASE: Married Gay Couples Challenge DOMA in Immigration Court

PRESS RELEASE: Married Gay Couples Challenge DOMA in Immigration Court

February 25th, 2011

Married Gay Couples Challenge DOMA in Immigration Courts Across the Country in a Concerted Effort to End Discrimination and Stop The Deportations of Spouses of Gay and Lesbian AmericansIn New York, New Jersey and California three married, same-sex binational couples, two gay male couples and one lesbian couple, are facing Immigration Judges in deportation proceedings. Each will brandish a pending...

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